Honestly Tho...Do People Gatekeep Because They're Insecure? Ft. Bearded

This week, I’m joined by super producer, music prodigy, and founder of the genre RNBOP, Bbearded to talk all things from growing up in the church to how this has influenced his music style to working with artists in the industry, and so much more. 

Bbearded shares what it was like growing up in Harlem and in the church and introducing the sounds he heard in church to RnB to influence a genre of music he calls RNBOP. He describes this genre to be more of a feeling than it is a sound, as he reminisces on how he used to feel hearing certain instruments play while in church. 

He also opens up about his first time experience as an executive producer and the magnitude of knowledge and work ethic he had to dedicate to this journey in his career. Bbearded has worked on two movies; B-boy Blues and The Lost Holliday, and sees creative direction as the next step in his career. 

He expresses how much he dislikes people who gatekeep and how it does more harm than good.  Do people gatekeep and avoid putting others onto opportunities and even introducing them to something new because of their own insecurities? As a community, if we see potential in someone or they express interest in what we’re doing, shouldn’t we want to put them on especially if it’s something that we are passionate about? Is gatekeeping preventing us from reaching our full potential as a community? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below. 

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